ROBERTSON, Robert Thomas
| Service Number: | 439616 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1943, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head |
| Born: | Clovelly, New South Wales, Australia, 12 July 1925 |
| Home Town: | Enfield (NSW), Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Enfield Public School, Homebush Boys Junior High School |
| Occupation: | Wool Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, 7 March 1944, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row D Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 439616 | |
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| 14 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 439616, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head, Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert William and Lottie Robertson, of Enfield.
SYDNEY, Thursday.— Five R.A.A.F. air-men were killed when an aircraft crashed during training exercises at an R.A .A.F. station in northern New South Wales.
They were Flying-Officer B. S. McClelland, pilot, of , Croydon; Sydney; Flight-Sgt. Bruce Allan Duckworth, wireless air gunner, of Ararat (Vic.) ; L.A.C. Robert Thomas Robertson, trainee navigator, of Enfield (N.S.W.) ; L.A.C. Patrick John Scanlon, trainee navigator, Brisbane, and L.A.C. Neville Thomas Self, trainee navigator, of Paddington, Sydney.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Avro Anson AW485 from Number 1 Air Observers School crashed near Maclean in NSW killing Flying Officer Strike-McClelland 412748 / Flight Sergeant Duckworth 409394 / LAC Robertson 439616 / LAC Scanlan 435197 / LAC Self 433627
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